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rattler

noun
/ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/

Etymology

From rattle + -er.

  1. derived from ratelen
  2. inherited from ratelen
  3. suffixed as rattler — “rattle + er”

Definitions

  1. Anything that rattles.

  2. A rattlesnake.

    • You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf.

  3. A freight train or, (chiefly British), a passenger train.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.

    2. A loud, inconsiderate talker.

    3. A stunning blow.

      • […] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.

    4. An impudent lie

      An impudent lie; a whopper.

    5. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA